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Articles by Ian Beavers
SOSA’s impact on electronic warfare solutions
Story The Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard has made deployment of new electronic warfare (EW) solutions faster and more modular now that a standardized chassis hardware framework has been established. No longer will the entire EW system need to be captive to a single supplier. The latest technology can now be released into the field without the need for new program specifications.
SiFive RISC-V CPU to Power NASA’s Next Spaceflight Computer
Recently, NASA announced that the SiFive RISC-V CPU will be central to their next generation of spaceflight computers used to control spacecraft systems. What challenges does spaceflight present to electronics, what will the RISC-V platform provide, and what does this mean for RISC-V in general? What challenge does spaceflight present to electronics? When developing electronics for spaceflight, engineers are faced with an environment that is rather unique and difficult to design for.
Researchers develop seaweed-like generators to take advantage of ocean forces
Recently, researchers demonstrated a new undersea energy generator that looks like seaweed and can be used to power marine devices. What challenges do ocean-based devices present, what did the researchers develop, and could it be expanded to large scales? Man has climbed the highest mountains, crossed the largest deserts, and has even sent robots to other planets. Despite all of these incredible feats of achievement, the ocean floor is the one place that man has struggled to conquer.
Undersea power cable to connect the UK and Morocco - What challenges do undersea cables face?
A new solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco to provide to the UK, and the two will be connected via an undersea cable. What challenges does laying cables in the sea present, why is Morocco chosen as a UK power plant site, and how do undersea cables meet these challenges? Recently, Xlinks, which specialise in renewable energies, announced that they will be setting up a solar and wind farm in Morocco to provide power for the UK.
Synchronising multiple ADCs with JESD204B
By Ian Beavers, Applications Engineer, Analog Devices Many communications, instrumentation and signal-acquisition systems must be able to simultaneously sample analogue input signals across multiple analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs).
Clocking Wideband GSPS JESD204B ADCs
By Ian Beavers and Matt Felmlee As high speed signal acquisition applications using multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) increase in complexity, each converter’s complementary clock solution will dictate the dynamic range and capacity of the system’s potential. With the increase in sample rate and input bandwidth of emerging giga sample per second (GSPS) ADCs, the capability and performance of the system’s distributed sample clock becomes critical.
Xiaomi Announces 80W Wireless Charger
Recently, Xiaomi announced the release of its latest 80W wireless charger and its ability to charge a 4,500mAh battery from 0% to 100% in 40 minutes. What are wireless chargers, what challenges does battery technology face, and why are fast chargers becoming important? What is a wireless charger? Batteries are a crucial power technology in electronics as they allow for portable devices which do not need to be physically connected to a mains power source.
Communicating Effectively from the IIoT Edge Node
Download this article in PDF format. In an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem, connected industrial machines use sensors to gather information that informs key decision-makers involved in operating efficiency, maintenance scheduling, and other mission-critical functions.
IIoT’s Smart Shift to the Edge, Part Two: Enabling Technologies | Sensors Magazine
Industrial IoT has created a bottleneck that threatens to overwhelm data analysis tools. Part Two of “Industrial IoT’s Smart Shift to the Edge” examines how breakthroughs in technologies make edge node processing possible. Data sensed, measured and analyzed in an industrial setting garners valuable insights into production, safety and efficiency. The information secured by sensors leads to better business decisions and gives companies a marketplace advantage.
IIoT’s Smart Shift to the Edge, Part One: Instantaneous Insights | Sensors Magazine
Industrial IoT has created a bottleneck that threatens to overwhelm data analysis tools. Part one of “Industrial IoT’s Smart Shift to the Edge” examines how equipping smart sensors at the edge of the IoT makes sensing, measuring and analyzing data more manageable and leads to more timely, valuable insights. Reduced time to insights at the edge node allow critical decisions to be made in near real-time.
Process Wide Bandwidths in Aerospace/Defense Systems
Bandwidth is invaluable for communications and other systems. Whether applied for commercial communications or defense electronic-warfare (EW) and phased-array radar systems, the analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in these systems often need to operate at higher-order Nyquist rate bands.
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